Download the latest Qt4 for Windows with MinGW at the Qt Project's download page. Upon first opening this page, only the latest Qt5 version is shown (which at this time is 5.3.1). To see more versions, click the Show Downloads button and scroll down to Qt 4.8 (4.8.6 at this moment). Download the one for MinGW with GCC 4.8.2 (note that this download does not actually include MinGW). While here, the latest version of Qt Creator can also be downloaded (3.1.2 at this moment).
For now, I plan to continue using Qt4 even though Qt5 has been out for a while. I will describe installing the current latest Qt4. The version present on Linux Mint 13 (Ubuntu 12.04) is 4.8.1 unless the kubuntu backports are being used to get the latest version of KDE, in which case 4.8.2 is present. Linux Mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04) has version 4.8.5. These versions are sufficient so there is no need to install 4.8.6 for Linux. (I don't know enough about Qt5, which is something that may be revisited some time in the future.)
Now Qt4 can be installed. Open the qt-opensource-windows-x86-mingw482-4.8.6-1.exe download file and accept the User Account Control if asked. Click though, accept license, continue clicking through, accept the default C:\Qt\4.8.6 installation location, and continue clicking through. It will ask where the MinGW installation is located. If MinGW was installed as previously described, the default C:\mingw32 can be accepted, so click Install.
At the end of the install process, the setup program will ask to Run Examples and Demos and Show Documentation. This is not necessary, so disable these before clicking Finish. These can be accessed by the Start Menu (Classic Shell) by Programs, Qt by Digia v4.8.6 (MinGW 4.8.2 OpenSource), Examples and Demos and Assistant. From the Start Screen on Windows 8 I'm guessing the install throws all the programs on the Start Screen itself. However, on Windows 8.1, click the Down Arrow (lower left where it says new apps installed), and scroll right to where the Qt by Digia v4.8.6 (MinGW 4.8.2 OpenS... programs are listed where Assistant and Examples and Demos will be. These can be pinned to the Start Screen if desired (Pin to Start on right-click menu).
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